Red dates are jujubes. The effects of Pear Hawthorn Red Date Soup are mainly moistening the lungs and generating fluids, eliminating food and strengthening the stomach, tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi (treating qi deficiency by tonifying the spleen) and so on.
1. Pear has the effect of relieving cough and phlegm, clearing heat and reducing fire, moistening the lungs and generating fluids, etc. It can be used for coughing in dry lungs and thirst in heat diseases.
2. Hawthorn has the efficacy of eliminating food and strengthening stomach, resolving turbidity and lowering fat (clearing the body of foul substances and reducing excess fat), and promoting qi and dispersing blood stasis, and can be used for the treatment of dietary stagnation, stomach and epigastric distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea, hernia pain, abdominal pain caused by postpartum stasis, amenorrhea due to stagnant blood, and chest paralysis (stuffy pain in the chest) and cardiac pain. However, it should be used with caution for those who have excessive secretion of stomach acid.
3. Jujube has the effect of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, nourishing the blood and tranquilizing the mind, and is used for spleen deficiency with little food, weakness and loose stools (feces are thin and not shaped), insomnia and so on.
Although Pear Hawthorn Red Date Soup has certain benefits to the body, it cannot replace the medication to treat the disease. If you are not feeling well, it is recommended that you seek medical attention and follow the doctor’s instructions.